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Peripheral Arterial Disease Hall of Shame

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jun 15, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program

In 2011, we published a paper entitled, “Why is it hard to do the right thing in wound care?” in which we documented that only 17% of venous ulcers were treated with adequate compression every time they were seen at a wound center. Those statistics were...

Meet the Masters

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Mar 21, 2017 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program

Join me TONIGHT (9pm Central Time) to talk about MIPS and the QCDR as they pertain to Podiatry and Wound Care, on ‘Meet the Masters’ with Bret Ribotsky, DPM of www.PodiatricSuccess.com Meet the Masters is the leading information forum for today’s dynamic...

The Physician Compare Website and what it means to Wound Care Practitioners

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Oct 18, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program

This December, two months from now, all the 2015 quality data reported by any eligible provider (collected by any mechanism) will be made public by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services  (CMS). If you are a hyperbaric medicine or wound care practitioner who...

Using Quality and Cost to Determine Value

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 13, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program

I am explaining MIPS, the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System. Although MIPS does not begin until 2017, 85% of the MIPS score is derived from performance in the 2 quality programs that clinicians should already be engaged in: Meaningful Use of an EHR (MU) and the...

New Post: UHMSblog

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 9, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care

As shared by Renee Duncan of UHMS,  “Pressure” the official newsletter of UHMS Membership is now open access (now listed under ‘Publications’ on the home page). This means you can invite your colleagues who may be considering membership in the...

The Quality Game Right Now: MU and PQRS

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 5, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program

I’m picking up where I’d left off before SAWC Spring – explaining MIPS, the Merit-Based Incentive Payment System. Although MIPS does not begin until 2017, 85% of the MIPS score is derived from performance in the 2 quality programs that clinicians...

New FREE Open Source Article: DIME Approach to Wound Management

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | May 2, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care

There’s a new article out published open source (you can download it free) about the “DIME” approach to wound management (Debridement/devitalized tissue, Infection or inflammation, Moisture balance, and wound Edge preparation/wound depth) in relation...

How to Pass PQRS

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 17, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program

We have less than two weeks in the deadline for Registry Reporting deadlines for 2016 Meaningful Use Stage 2 Objective 10 (February 29, 2016).  But let’s not forget the preparation required in order to successfully pass Quality Reporting for PQRS. Below is a...

Reasons to Pick Specific PQRS Measures

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 14, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program

With deadlines fast approaching for so many quality programs and so much at stake, I’m not doing a “What is it?” today. Today I am going to review some of the PQRS measures I selected and provide reasons why I think they are important and you might want to consider...

Specialty Registry Reporting – Why Participate?

by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Jan 13, 2016 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care, Quality Payment Program

This year, Medicare begins to financially penalize clinicians who fail to succeed with quality programs. We are all in this together! The two critical programs are the Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS) and the Meaningful Use (MU) of an Electronic Health Record...
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